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A GLOSSARY OF TERMS 



the same genus, are termed con- 

 geners. 



COXGLO'BATE. Collected into a 

 spherical form. 



CONGLOMERATE. fr. lat. conglomero, 

 I heap together. Any rock com- 

 posed of pebbles cemented toge- 

 ther by another mineral substance, 

 either calcareous, siliceous or ar- 

 gillaceous. In botany, crowded 

 together. 



CO'NICA. Lat. Conical. 



CONICO-HEMISBHERICAL. In botany, 

 between conical and round. 



CONICO-OVATE. In botany, between 

 conical and ovate. 



CO'NIFKR. fr. lat. conus, a cone ; /<?- 

 ro, I bear. A tree or plant which 

 bears cones, such as fir-trees, &c. 



CONI'FER.E. fr. lat. forms, a cone; 

 fero, I bear. Cone-bearing. A 

 family of plants which includes 

 the conifers. 



CONIRO'STRES fr. lat. conus. a cone ; 

 rostrum, a beak. The systematic 

 name of a family of Incessores or 

 perching birds. 



CONI'UM. fr. gr. koneion, hemlock. 



CON'JUGATE. fr. lat. con, together; 

 jugum, a yoke. Yoked or joined 

 together. In pairs. 



CONJUNCTI'VA. fr. lat. con, with ; 

 jungere, to join. The mucous 

 membrane which covers the an- 

 terior surface of the ball of the 

 ^ eye, and unites it to the lids. 



CON'NATE. fr. lat. con, together ; na- 

 tus, grown. Joined together at 

 the base. 



CONNEC'TIVE. fr. lat. connecto, I join 

 together. That pnrt of the sta- 

 men in plants which Connects the 

 two lobes or ceils of the anther. 



CONNI'VENT. Converging, the ends 

 inclining towards each other. 



CO'NOID. ) fr. lat. conus, a cone, 



CONOIHAL. \ and the Gr. eidos, re- 

 semblance. Cone-shaped; like a 

 cone. 



CONOIDEA. Lat. Conoidal. Cone- 

 shaped. 



CONTORTED. fr. lat. contorqueo, I 



twist about. Twisted ; or incum- 

 bent on each other, in an oblique 

 direction. 



CONTTIACTI'LITT. fr. lat. contraho, 

 to draw together. The property 

 by which a body contracts; by 

 which a fibrous tissue returns to 

 its former dimensions after being 

 extended ; by which the muscu- 

 lar fibre shortens itself on the ap- 

 plication of a stimulus. 



CO'NUS. Lat. A cone. 



CONVOLUTED. Rolled upon itself; 

 twisted spirally. 



CONVOLU'TION. fr. lat. convohere, to 

 entwine. The cerebral convolu- 

 tions are the round, tortuous pro- 

 jections observed on the surface 

 of the brain. 



CONVO'LVULUS. Lat. from convolve, I 

 bind together or entwine. Bind- 

 weed. 



CONVOLVULA'CEJE. Systematic name 

 of a family of plants. 



CO'PUIS. fr. gr. kopros, dung. A 

 genus of insects. 



CO'PROLITES. fr. gr. kopros, dung; 

 lilhos, stone. Fossil excrement, 

 (p. 44, Book viii). 



COPHO'PHAGOUS. fr.gr.Aropros,dung; 

 phago, I eat. Applied to animals 

 which feed on excrement. 



COR. Lat. The heart. 



COR'ACOID. fr. gr. korax, a crow ; 

 eidos, resemblance. Resembling 

 the beak of a crow. Name of a 

 thick, short, process of bone, situ- 

 ate at the anterior upper part of 

 the scapula in man. In birds 

 and reptiles this process is repre- 

 sented by a separate bone. 



COR'AL. fr. gr. koreo, I ornament; 

 als, the sea. The hard calcareous 

 support formed by certain polyps. 



COH'ALLINE. Belonging or relating 

 to coral. Corraline deposits are, in 

 geology, those recent or alluvial 

 strata, which consist of marine 

 banks, shoals, and islands, entirely 

 composed of corals. 



COHALLI'NEB. The corallines, & 

 tribe of calciferous polypi. 



